My apologies for the lack of blogging over the past week. The good news is The Blog is back up and running for the start of the regular season Friday, when four MAAC teams are in action.

While I was off in football land, Rider managed to get by East Stroudsburg despite a depleted lineup that didn't include Justin Robinson, Jermaine Jackson, Lamar Johnson or Brandon Penn. Tomorrow, the Broncs will have Johnson and Penn but still be without Robinson and Jackson, both of whom are still recovering from knee injuries.

Princeton is also in action tomorrow night, hosting Central Michigan, so www.trentonian.com will have three Division I game stories. It so happens that this time, we'll be covering two MAAC games, since Rutgers is hosting Marist at the RAC. Ryan Feldman will be at the RAC, Joe O'Gorman will be at Jadwin Gym for the Tigers, and I'll be at the Wachovia Center for the Broncs and Hawks.

We'll also have coverage of the Rutgers women against Saint Joe's tomorrow (preceding the men's game) and the Rider women on Sunday against Colgate.

We're going to try something tomorrow that I hope we'll be able to pull off throughout the year. The Blog is something I mostly do on my own time, and sometimes my real job at the paper gets in the way (hence, the lack of blogging for the previous week) so I can't make any promises. But tomorrow, we'll have a preview of all four games involving MAAC teams. It'll essentially be the same format as the gameday boxes we have in the paper, which I think it will give fans a nice glimpse around the league.

Bracketologist -- and Saint Joe's color commentator -- Joe Lundardi has his first version of bracketology up, and it forecasts a 5-12 matchup between Gerogetown and Siena in the first round.

Lastly, kudos to the MAAC champion Fairfield women's soccer team, which could make things extra fun for FU grads in New Jersey by upsetting Oklahoma State and setting up a second-round showdown with Rutgers in the NCAA tournament.